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May 19, 1925. 1,538,728

5.. A. MULLER HOLDER Filed 'July 10, 1924 1 WITNESSES g INVENTOR 5/5/7141. MULLER ATTORNEYS Patented May 19, 1925.

UNITED [.STATES PATENT 1,533,728 Fries.

BETTIE .ABELL MULLER, or TAG0MA,wAsHI1\Tero-1\T.

HOLDER.

Application filed July 10, 1924. Serial No. 725,300.

tongs such as is particularly adapted for use in connection with the manipulation of swabs, pads, and dish rags.

It is a well appreciated fact in connection with the cleaning of dishes, etc. that it is often desirable to use extremelyhot water to effect an efficient cleaning of the same, and the use of this hot water spoils the skin of the washers hands, and in some instances scalds the same.

Thus my present invention aims to pro vide a holder or gripping device by means of which a wash rag may be held and read ily manipulated to effect a thorough cleansing of the dishes without the operator having toimmerse the hands in the hot water.

Still another object of this invention s the construction of a device of the character stated embodying the aforementioned virtues, and which will further be capable of being constructed at a nominal figure and incorporate a minimum of operating parts so that any danger of a breakage or jamming of the same will be virtually pro eluded.

Still further objects'of this invention will become apparent in the annexed specification taken in connection with the drawings which latter illustrate one practical embodiment of the same, and in which;

Figure 1 is a face view of a holder embodying my improved construction, and

Figure 2 is a side View thereof.

The essence of my invention consists in the provision of a pair of jaws swingingly secured together at one end and which may be grasped by the hands of the operator,

their other or lower ends in turn grasping the pad, swab, etc. and permitting a ready manipulation thereof.

It will be seen in the embodiment illustrated that I preferably form the jaws of relatively stiff wire. Thus one of the jaws includes a pair of wires 5 and'6 which are twisted around each other as at 7 to provide a relatively stiff portion,'the lower ends of these wires being bent inwardly as at 8, their upper ends being curved to form terminal eyes orloops 9. With a view of embodying the maximum gripping efficiency in the device, the second jaw preferably 'includes an odd number of wires 10, 11 and 12, the hooked lower ends 8 of which are disposed in staggered relationship with respect to the hooked ends 8 of the wires 5 and 6. Thus upon the lower ends of the jaws being brought to a point at which they will lie adjacent to each other, it will be seen that any intervening piece of material such as a swab, etc. will be gripped with a maximum efficiency and be retained with respect to the jaws.

Finally with a view of retaining the whole'in assembled relationshipit will be noted that the upper ends of the wires 10,

11 and 12 also terminate 1n eyes or loops 9 and that a pin 13 extends through all of the loops to form a common pivot point this pin preferably mounting washersl l exteriorly of the assembled loops which prevent an endwise movement of the looped wires with respectto the pin.

Thus all of the objects set forth in the preamble of this specification have been ac- I complished and it will readily be appreciated that numerous modifications of structure might readily be resorted to without in the least departing from the scope of my claims; which are; v

1. A holder of the character described, including a pair of jaws, each jaw comprising a group of wires, loops formed adjacent the upper ends of said groups, and a pivot pin passing through saidloops.

2. A holder of the character described, including a pair of jaws, each jaw comprising a group of wires, said groups being pivotally secured to each other adjacent their upper ends, the wires in each group being twisted around each other to stiffen the jaw.

3. A holder of the character described, including a plurality of jaws, each comprising a group of wires, said groups being movably mounted with respect to each other "adjacent their upper ends, the lower ends of the wires of one group being dsposed in staggered relationship with respect to the wires of the other group. i

4- A holder of the character described, including a pair of jaws, each comprising a group of wires, loops formed adjacent the upper ends of said groups, a pivot pin passing through the loops, the wires in each group being twisted together to provide a rigid portion, inwardly extending hooked portions adjacent the lower ends of said wires, said hooked portions of each group disposed in staggered relationship to each other.

5. A holder of the character described, including a pair of jaws, each jaw, comprising a group of wires, loopsformed at the upper ends of the wires of each group, the

loops of one group disposed in staggered re- 1.0

lation to the loops of the other group and nesting therewith, the wires of each group twisted together shortly below the loops to stiffen the jaws, and means cooperating with the nested loops to constitute a pivotal con- 1:3

nection for the jaws.

BETTIE ABELL MULLER. 

